The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman
The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman

Author: Philip Boobbyer

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0271062924

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The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman is an in-depth look at the life, spirituality, and ideology of one of the most original figures in twentieth-century religion. Frank Buchman (1878–1961), the Pennsylvania-born initiator of the movement known as the Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament, was a Lutheran pastor who first had influence as a college evangelist and missionary with the YMCA. His thinking then evolved during the 1930s, the Second World War, and the early Cold War as he tried to develop a world philosophy that could offer an answer to war and materialism. His impact was particularly felt in the areas of conflict resolution between nations and interfaith dialogue, and Alcoholics Anonymous also owed much to his methods. Philip Boobbyer’s book is the first scholarly overview of Buchman’s ideas and is an important addition to the growing corpus of academic literature on his worldwide outreach. Boobbyer shows how his work reflected broader processes in twentieth-century religion and politics and can be seen as a spiritual response to an emerging global society.

Moral Re-Armament
Moral Re-Armament

Author: D. Sack

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-12-07

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0230101887

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With its mixture of American evangelicalism, popular psychology and show business, Moral Re-Armament attracted men and women on six continents. This book traces Moral Re-Armament's reinventions over fifty years, from its Ivy League beginnings to its spiritual heirs, Up With People and Alcoholics Anonymous.

Uncommon Friends
Uncommon Friends

Author: James Draper Newton

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780156926201

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Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs.

Appeasement and Rearmament
Appeasement and Rearmament

Author: James P. Levy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780742545373

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Standing against conventional wisdom, historian James Levy reevaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. By carefully examining the political and economic environment of the times, Levy argues that Neville Chamberlain crafted an active, logical and morally defensible foreign policy designed to avoid and deter a potentially devastating war. Levy shows that through Chamberlain's experience as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he knew that Britain had not yet fully recovered from the first World War and the longer an international confrontation could be avoided, the better Britain's chances of weathering the storm. In the end, Hitler could be neither appeased nor deterred, and recognizing this, Britain and France went into war better armed and better prepared to fight.

The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 4
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 4

Author: Jonathan Edwards

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300158427

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Interpreting the Great Awakening of the 18th century was in large part the work of Jonathan Edwards, whose writings on the subject defined the revival tradition in America. This text demonstrates how Edwards defended the evangelical experience against overheated zealous and rationalistic critics.